The week between Christmas and New Year is never exactly awash with news, but things seem to have been unusually quiet in Dorset this year if this Bournemouth Echo story about a burnt pie is anything to go by.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, it is currently listed as the Newsquest-owned daily’s most shared story of the week.
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Not funny at all. More like the staple diet of most regional papers where press releases of minor incidents like this are re-hashed and put online because there’s nothing else to report on…
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Jeez, lighten up. I think both the fire service and the newspaper have had their tongues firmly in their cheeks when reporting this.
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Don’t believe me? Google ‘Dull News In Local Newspapers’ where you’ll find this story among a mountain of equally inconsiquential rubbish…
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